Egg freezing gains popularity in India

Diana Haydon, who has delivered a baby at the age of 42, froze her eggs eight years ago. Recently, there was a report that Parveen Dusanj (wife of Kabir Bedi) froze her eggs a few years ago and now the couple is planning to start a family.

In 2014, technology conglomerates Apple and Facebook announced that they will pay for the egg freezing process of their women employees and took the decision to attract more female employees and to maintain their retention rates so that they may have prolonged careers. It was an employment perk that many women were ready to take.

Though in India, this concept will take some time to develop due to social stigma but as the country is progressing, women are getting opportunities to work. The developing work culture has led to the gaining popularity of egg freezing. Women who are conscious enough about their careers and also about their bodies are giving a thought about freezing of eggs.

The procedure has caught attention in the last two-three years. High profile people and people who are ready to spend amount on their future families are now going for egg freezing. Egg freezing is giving a bit relief to not only career oriented ladies but also to ladies who are suffering from other diseases such as cancer, appendix rupture or plan to marry at a later stage of their life.